Any Simenon recommendations, ian? I picked up a nice Maigret omnibus yesterday and started with Liberty Bar.
― jim, Saturday, 1 September 2012 02:46 (eleven years ago) link
i am fairly new to simenon actually, but he is probably my wife's favorite writer after Raymond Chandler. She swears by all the Maigret mysteries. Of the non-Maigret stuff, I thought Dirty Snow was a-mazing.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Saturday, 1 September 2012 02:53 (eleven years ago) link
the jewel in the skull - michael moorcock
could never get into anything outside the sci fi except elric. is that corum or hawkmoon or what?
― the late great, Saturday, 1 September 2012 03:55 (eleven years ago) link
i'm trying to read "the golden space" but it's pretty hard going (see sci fi thread, recently)
― the late great, Saturday, 1 September 2012 03:56 (eleven years ago) link
tempted to switch to babel 187 or engine summer
that is some hawkmoon action.i never read anything outside the elric when i was a kid.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Saturday, 1 September 2012 04:25 (eleven years ago) link
ditched "Vineland" to do 3 barthelmes on the trot.on 4th & enjoying immensely. he clicks for me, unlike the pynch. an effortless read.also 1/2way through "the ticket that exploded". not read any burroughs in abt 15yrs & i forgot just how fantastic he gets at the top of his game.
― iglu ferrignu, Saturday, 1 September 2012 07:22 (eleven years ago) link
finished 2666. really blew me away unlike Savage Detectives which I thought was pretty overrated. not sure what I'm going to pick up next. someone left a book called "Hopeful Monsters" by Nicholas Moseley in a free pile on the sidewalk and I grabbed it but not sure if I want to read it now.
oh yeah also read Ragtime a while ago, that was good
― dmr, Sunday, 2 September 2012 01:42 (eleven years ago) link